IN SR0029

Urges the legislative council to assign a study committee to examine a direct primary care pilot program for Indiana Medicaid and Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) participants

Defines "direct primary care agreement" as a contract between a primary care provider and patient where the provider furnishes primary care services for an agreed-upon periodic fee without billing third-party insurance

Notes that direct primary care programs eliminate co-pays, deductibles, and insurance network limitations while providing guaranteed physician access regardless of pre-existing conditions

Identifies that Medicaid patients often have complex conditions but lack regular primary care access due to insufficient Medicaid reimbursement rates and administrative burdens on physicians

Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services recommended passage with a vote of 8 Yeas, 0 Nays on March 1, 2018